Retroactive education rebate?? D'oh!

Hi there,
I bought my first mac the other day (15 inch macbook pro with A LOT of customization) from the online apple store. I've used Apple products before (at work & school), but I've never actually bought one. So, unfortunately, when I went to buy this one, I didn't realize there was an education discount (I'm currently attending college, so I qualify). One of my friends brought it up to me today, though and now I'm freaked out because I probably could have saved a loooottt of money on the computer, apple care, the programs I pre-installed on it, etc.
I've already received the computer in the mail (it's sitting on my desk unopened until I know what to do). I called apple support, but the education store was already closed so I have to call back tomorrow. Can anyone tell me if apple will let me get the education discount retroactively, even though I ordered it online at the regular price?
It would seem a little silly (and wasteful) for them to force me to reship my fully-customized computer back to them, reorder the exact same thing with the education discount, and then have to wait another week until I get it back in the mail. And Apple seems like they have pretty reasonable customer service... what do you think?

No one can answer this but Apple. Good luck!

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